Safety device for automobiles



March 8, 1932. G. F. SURE-SH 1,848313 SAFETY DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILESriled Sept. 14, 1929 v 6 .1 mash being swivelly attached to the buckleas shown. This upper snap buckle 16 en ages a bolt 17 which extendshorizontally t irough the top portion 5 of the seat back frame extendingforwardly from the top of the seat back as shown in Figure 1. Afterpassing through the eye 15 of the snap buckle 16 the strap is extendeddown and attached at its other end to that portion overlying the cen*tral art of the seat back by means of a three bar Buckle 18 similar tothe buckle 10. As shown this buckle 18 has the main body portion of thestrap 7 passing under the two side bars thereof and over the center barand the upper end 19 of the strap is also passed therethrough in thismanner so as to form the loop 20 through which the occupant of the seatmay extend his or her arm.

In order to hold the upper lapped part of the strap in the properposition two resilient bands 21 are passed thereabout, one of thesebands being shown in detail in Figure 3 and as is also clearly shown inthis figure each of the long side bars of the band 21 is toothed uponits inner face, the teeth being indicated by the numerals 22.- a I Theunder face of each of the side bars of the buckles 10 and 18 is alsoprovided with teeth as indicated at 23and the top or outer side ofthecentral bar of each of these buckles has the teeth 24 formed thereon sothat it will be readily seen that the buckles will be securely heldfinengagement withthe! straps passed therethrough so that accidentalsliping and enlargingof the loop 18 or of the l bop 8 will be prevented.

V It will be readily seen that by sliding the buckle 18 up or'down uponthe body of the strap 7 and by drawing the end 19 therethrough in theproper direction the loop 20 may be enlarged or made smaller as desiredwithout disturbing the connection between the turned upper and lowerportions of the strap and the snap fasteners by means of which the strapisheld in osition. I

The purpose of the resi ient bands 21 in addition to keeping the strapfrom sliding back and forth on loop 15 is to allow for ad-.

justments of the loop 20, that is, permitting the loop to be increasedor decreased in size without disturbing the buckle 18 which secures theend of this loop to the main body portion ofthe strap. As will bereadily seen y slipping the lower one of the bands 21 up or down thesize of the loop 20 can be regulated without shifting the morediflicultly movable buckle 18. 7

While I have particularly shown thepresent safety device in connectionwith a front seat back and shown the same extending verticallythereacross it is,"of course, to be un-- derstood that I do not wish tobe limited in any manner to the use of this strap for it will be obviousthat the same may be arranged in a number of different positions overthe seat back and it may also be used in connection with a rumble seatby being (pd sitioned across the back thereof or exten ed from the topforwardly for engagement with. a portion of the machine body so that itwill be positioned at the riders side where the loop 20 may be graspedor the arm of the rider may be extended therethrough.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A safety devicefor attachment to seats, comprising a strap having one end turned backand secured 'to form a loop, a snap fastenerengaged by said loop anddesigned to engage a fixed element adjacent the seat, a

second snap fastener havin the median portion ofthe strap adjustab yengaged therewith 'and designed for engagement with a fixed memberremotely positioned from the first mentioned member, and a buckleadjustably carried'by the strap between said snap fasteners, said straphaving its other end engaged through said buckle and adj usted to form a100 adapted to be grasped by an occupant of t e seat. a

' 2. Asafety device forattachment to seats, omprising a strap having oneend turned back and secured to form a loop, asnap fastener engaged bysaid 100 and designed to engage a fixed element a jacent the seat, asecond snap fastener having the median portion of the strap adjustablyengaged therewith and'designedyfor engagement with a fixed memberremotely positioned from the first mentioned member, a buckle adjustablycarried by the strap between said snap fasteners, said strap having its,other end engaged throughsaid buckle andadjusted to v form a loopadapted to be grasped by an occupant of the seat, and adjustablefastening bands surrounding the superposed portions of the strapadjacent the second mentioned buckle. I a

3. ,A safety device for attachment to seats, comprising a strap havingaloop formed at one end, a snap fastener engaged by said loop anddesigned to engage a fixed element adjacent the seat, a second snapfastener having engagement with the strap at the median portion thereofand designed for engagement with a fixed member remotely po- 7 sitionedfrom the first mentioned member, and a buckle carried by the strapbetween said snap fasteners, said strap having its other end engagedthrough said buckle and adjusted to form a loop adapted to be grasped byan occupant of the seat. q

4. A safety devicefor attachment to seats, comprising a strap, meanscarried by the strap at one end for connection with a fixed portion ofthe seat, means adj ustably attached to the strap adjacent the medianportion thereof and engaged with a fixed member remotely positioned fromthe fixed end of the strap, a fastening element carried by signature.

the strap between the firstmentioned means 7 and the adjust-able meansfor engaging and securing the other end thereto to form a loop adaptedto be'grasped by an occupant of the seat. I

In testimony whereof'I hereunto aflix my GEORGE BURESI-I.

